HERODIONES OR HERONS, ETC. 

 FIG. 232. 



197 



Bittern or Stake-driver, Botaurus lentiginosus, Stephens. 

 FIG. 233. 



Wood Ibis, Tantalus loculator, Linu, 



back to the eyes, wings broad, tail short, middle claw 

 pectinate, the plumage loose, and " powder-down " tracts 

 present in two or more pairs. Here belong the Great 



